Ugh, Stupid Magazine

There's a local "magazine," one of those that get given out free on newstands, you know the type. Anyway, they're always harassing me to advertise in their bridal issue, and I always say no.

I just got the issue that has the bridal section in it, and guess what the first piece of wisdom under the "how to save money" section is? Yes, it's "get the smaller wedding cake and sheet cakes" garbage.

Now why would I want to advertise in any publication that's going to tell people not to buy a decent wedding cake? Regardless of whether the sheet cake thing is right or wrong, do they really think that printing that kind of stuff will attract advertisers? If they call me again I'll tell them that, too. In fact, I think I'll write them right now!

LOLOLOL!!! You gotta admit, the irony is kinda funny. So when are you advertising?

Ha ha, I wrote to them and added a trackable link to my blog entry on why sheet cakes aren't necessarily cheaper, so I'll be able to tell if they actually looked at it or not. I'mnot holding my breath.

that is funny, I am in Oregon and our paper had a little Insert about weddings and it said the same thing. Do a smaller cake, have sheet cakes cut in the back. etc, I had thought they must have gotten the advice off a national paper or something that deals perhaps with larger cities. Our area will just laugh at that,. I am in a small town and pretty much, the weddings around here are all about the cake. LOL!!

Now see, if you had bought that half page ad, they'd have never said something like that! Jerks.

But you know, this information comes from somewhere. Whether they did local research or not, some places ARE cheaper to do sheetcakes. Sure, it's not as attractive unless you're doing torted sheets, but then they SHOULDN'T be cheaper. But seriously, buying a beautiful wedding cake from me IS going to cost more than three Sam's club sheet cakes. I can't fault that information!

I like the articles that tell the brides to never accept the first price, and ask if you can give them a deal if they put out your business cards, etc. Like it's a flea market! They put in their heads that we are out to get them just because it's for a wedding. I don't know about you guys, but if I put it the work of an intricately designed tiered cake it's the same price whether it's for a wedding or a birthday party! It can be frustrating!Lori

Oh, no doubt. I really like it when they're right up front and tell me how much cheaper they could get it at *insert store name here*.

Ha ha, then they should get it there!

The negotiating thing was mentioned, too. It said that you can save UP TO 50% if you just ask! Wow, I never knew it was that easy! I'm going to try that the next time I go to the grocery store. Forget coupons, asking is much easier.

Oh, no doubt. I really like it when they're right up front and tell me how much cheaper they could get it at *insert store name here*.

Ha ha, then they should get it there!

The negotiating thing was mentioned, too. It said that you can save UP TO 50% if you just ask! Wow, I never knew it was that easy! I'm going to try that the next time I go to the grocery store. Forget coupons, asking is much easier.

You know, the reason people think it is true that a smaller cake with sheet cakes is cheaper is because some bakers do charge less for them. The place that did my brother-in-law's wedding did. And this guy is a very experienced pastry chef. The cake with sheet cakes came out to $500 while the same # of servings in a bigger cake was $700.

You know, the reason people think it is true that a smaller cake with sheet cakes is cheaper is because some bakers do charge less for them. The place that did my brother-in-law's wedding did. And this guy is a very experienced pastry chef. The cake with sheet cakes came out to $500 while the same # of servings in a bigger cake was $700.

It depends on the baker, definitely. If you have a huge guest list and there's a difference in price between the sheets and the wedding cake it can make a difference, but not much if you have a normal-sized guest list. I just get tired of magazines telling people that it will be cheaper every time. I get people who have 80 people coming to their reception asking me about it because they've read it so many times.

Yeah, I had to start saying "this option is only relevant if you have more than 250 guests in attendance." Most of my weddings are 150....so they don't really ask anymore.

This makes me chuckle because this week one of my customers told me she wanted a FIVE tier cake for 150 ppl, and was willing to supplement with sheet cakes to get 'up to that'. Now, I'm not mocking because if you don't know, you don't know, but it made me laugh. So I worked with her on which tiers she wanted to be fake! I'm sure she's thinking she'd need five tiers, and then four sheet cakes or something. If you have NO knowledge about something, you can come up with some funny ideas!

I do a lot of sheet cakes with my wedding cakes because average wedding sizes are 300 ish people around here (big farm families). But if anyone ever asked me to knock 50% off their cake price, I'd tell them "sure I can, I'll just have to knock 50% off the serving count." Dumba$$e$. Let's insult the bakers before you even meet them.